On June 4, 2002, Beijing time, Wang Fei, head coach of the Chinese men's basketball national team, announced that Liu Mang would unfortunately not be able to participate in the World Championships in the United States due to injury.

At the same time, it was announced that Wang Zhizhi was unwilling to play for his country and wanted to stay in the United States to play.

When the Blue Association sent someone to negotiate with Liu Mang, there were also other officials of the Blue Association who directly sent a notice to Wang Zhizhi to go back, which was the kind of order, and Wang Zhizhi was naturally unhappy at this time.

When these two news came out, most people were attracted by Wang Zhizhi's reluctance to play for his country and his desire to stay in the United States to play in the summer league.

The Blue Association still has a strong ability to guide public opinion, and unfortunately, Wang Zhizhi's "treason" storm has begun.

On the contrary, not so many people care why Liu Mang can't participate in the World Championships, because Liu Mang made it clear in the first interview of the All-Star Weekend and many subsequent interviews that as long as the Blue Association is willing to let him enter the national team, he is duty-bound.

And Wang Zhizhi is still in the struggle period of his career, of course he is willing to join the national team, but Wang Zhizhi doesn't want to enter the training team so early, he wants to perform in the summer league, and strive to win the next contract with his already good data this season. Their season's 5.6 points, 2 rebounds and 41 percent three-point shooting rate averaged 1 three-pointer per game, which was favored by many teams, but the Mavericks did not choose to renew his contract, because they tried, it was useless for the Chinese market, and Wang Zhizhi's relationship with the Blue Association was very stiff, so he could not create revenue for the NBA before the Blue Association made changes.

Wang Zhizhi also has to think about himself, it is important to play for the country, but after the retirement of the national team, after the scenery is no longer there, there are many people who have no economic income, and there are even world champions who go to the street to make a living by kung fu after retiring, and the worst is that the stall was smashed by the city management.

Now Wang Zhizhi is not easy to play a good season, and with a certain space for development, the Blue Association has come to add to the blockage.

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Liu Mang was not able to enter the national team,

Let's not talk about the 50% of the NBA's salary next year, this is a strange regulation that Yao Ming has also experienced, but the final result of the negotiation is 5%, plus an annual training fee of 900,000 US dollars.

After Wei Yuanli came to power in February 2003, the training fee was returned to Yao Ming, and only five percent of the salary was charged as a blue association fee, Yao Ming's career salary was more than 93 million, and five percent was drawn after tax deduction, and it was about two million dollars in eight years.

Five percent is completely acceptable, membership dues, the country's basic national conditions are like this, more than ten years later, the network writers association of the code word in the dark will have to collect membership fees.

Even if Liu Mang didn't negotiate, next season's salary would be 520,000 US dollars, and half of it would be more than 100,000 US dollars after tax deduction, and Liu Mang was distressed to an unacceptable extent.

This is not the point, the point is the training camp designated by the Blue Association, which is actually from June 15th to August 15th for two whole months! During this period, there were also six friendly matches against countries whose names Liu Mang had not even heard of.

Liu Mang said that hell! Who has the kung fu to lose weight with that group of pot-bellied national team teammates? The playoffs of the March Low CBA, whose full name is Motorola, are still called Motorola, and the playoffs of the Chinese Men's Basketball League have been played, and those who did not enter the playoffs even started to have a holiday in February for the New Year, and now they all have big bellies and thick necks.

The training schedule of the Lan Association is so long, Liu Mang said that it is understandable, the Lan Association probably took this aspect into account and came up with this kind of devil training, but it is impossible for him to lose weight with him.

The key is still the selection training camp, and it was not until July when the list of participants was submitted that it was determined who were, and there were more than 30 people training together.

If you don't participate in the selection camp, you don't accept the national team call-up!

Wang Zhizhi was brutally banned in the name of not accepting the signs of the country!

Unexpectedly, the big-bellied middle-aged official sent by the Blue Association was "very talkative", saying that he could not participate in the training camp, so he could not participate in the national team selection, and the national team valued him very much, saying that he was still young and did not need to rush to participate in the national team.

This statement made Liu Mang stunned and a little uneasy, did he just say: Is the training time too long, and he has a training plan for the summer.

This is blocked?!

I was nervous when I took Dinah to play in the afternoon, but fortunately, Dinah hadn't been to the playground for a long time and didn't pay attention, otherwise she would be complained about again.

In the evening, watching the first fierce Lakers home game against the Nets 99-96, Liu Mang was not attracted by the unexpectedly wonderful game.

Just when Liu Mang was still nervous the next day, the news came, and the American media received news that Liu Mang was injured and could not participate in the World Championships.

Only then did Liu Mang understand why Xu Jicheng, the sports minister of Xinhua News Agency, finally came to him so that he could not play in the summer league.

This Lan Association is really worthy of being deeply influenced by my country's traditional culture, and the persimmon is really soft to pinch! I also found such a reasonable excuse for myself!

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It is normal for Liu Mang to be a little confused, he has never experienced this kind of thing.

The Blue Association also wants political achievements, Liu Mang's strength is not a world at all for domestic defenders, for the sake of future political achievements, it is impossible for them to break up with Liu Mang.

At the same time, they don't want the results of this year's World Championships to be very good, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, and the same is true for government agencies.

Director Xin loves to generate income, and Director Li loves results.

One exploits the players of the national team to death, as long as they are members of the national team at the beginning, if they sign an endorsement, the endorsement fee is taken by the Blue Association, and the other likes to squeeze the players to death, and they must participate in the small matches of the competition.

Now that the old leader is about to step down, the so-called death of the wife of the old leader is like a city, and the death of the old leader is a big deal, and the same is true for government agencies.

The people sent by the Blue Association will also do things selectively, persimmons should be pinched softly, Director Li is an old cadre who does not care about 3721 and focuses on political achievements, they will not offend Liu Mang to death, and they don't want to leave a good result for the old leader when he leaves office, isn't it better to leave it to the next leader?

The outgoing leader is the leader of the past, and it is useless to please him.

Director Xin has no objection to this, he is now stepping down, and he may come back in the future.

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Liu Mang was a little regretful that he didn't get the opportunity to represent the national team at the World Championships in Indianapolis, but he was not banned, so he was not so regretful.

Even if he is added to the national team this year, it is estimated that it will not be of much use, although the United States has not played well this year and will be abused, it is still the top three in the world, except for the last Yugoslavia; Greece, Argentina, and Spain are all about to enter their peak in their golden age.

Not to mention the German team of Nowitzki, the strong Russian team......

This year, Liu Mang himself is just a rookie who has just finished his NBA rookie season, Yao Ming has not yet been a rookie, Wang Zhizhi has also been banned, and this year's World Championships is also a food delivery, and the twelfth from the bottom is not estimated to be so miserable, but it is estimated that he only wins African brothers.

If you don't participate, you won't participate! Liu Mang waited, waited for Yao Ming to become stronger, waited for Wang Zhizhi to return to China and returned to the team, and then went to Gangbo in 2004 or 2006 when the American team was still in the trough!

Liu Mang instead wrote down the burden and began to continue to practice hard, two times of hard practice, two days of hard training, one day of rest, one day of thinking about the experience gained in training and thinking about where he was not good enough, and focusing on training in the next training.

However, the boss and head coach who heard the news hurriedly came back from Hawaii, thinking that Liu Mang had suffered some kind of injury and couldn't even play in the World Championships in two and a half months, and he couldn't get better in two and a half months, which was definitely a big injury!

Liu Mang said that he was not injured, they were stunned and didn't believe it, and took him to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, and tossed for a long time.

"I just made an excuse not to go to the World Championships, it's fine!" Liu Mang was speechless.

"That's good, I thought you lost the game and stimulated yourself to train and get injured!" Coach Kruger put his mind at ease, and he was very acceptable to Liu Mang's reason.

Because the American mindset is that it's an honor to represent your country, but it's a freedom not to want to represent your country, and there's a perks for athletes who don't want to play for NBA superstars but don't make much money for other sports.

And Liu Mang said that he didn't want to participate in the World Championships because he wanted to train and made excuses that he had an injury, which is too understandable for Americans, and many NBA stars in the United States are like this.

After relieving his heart, Coach Krueger couldn't help but persuade: "Ace, don't practice so much every day, young people recover quickly, but you still have a long career, don't really train yourself, you can't practice alone, you can go to your teammates or Maddy, Kobe...... Kobe Bryant still forget it, I think you will be beaten up if you go to him. ”

Coach Kruger knew that Liu Mang had dinner with Kobe Bryant and Maddie during the All-Star Weekend, and he thought that the interpersonal relationship between his disciples was not bad, especially when Liu Mang and Kidd were doing the West together on the All-Star Weekend, Coach Kruger felt that Liu Mang had grown up.

And then in the past few days, this has happened.

"Knowing the coach," Liu Mang was quite moved, and he really cared about it, "I practice for two days now and rest for two days, and when Michael Jordan is free, I will go to him for advice." ”

"That's good, you can do it yourself, I have an appointment to visit the island tomorrow, and I have to catch a plane back to Hawaii......"

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The world seems to be quiet, Liu Mang began to practice alone, the road to success is always lonely, and it is even more lonely if you want to climb to a high place from the bottom ranks.

Jason Terry and Raheem are talented people, and as long as they do the training they deserve, one is already a top star and the other is already a top star.

Blue-collar workers like Mohammed and Ratliff want more rest in the summer, and they're tired enough during the season.

And Liu Mang is neither, he can only rely on hard work, relying on the soft touch that can also be regarded as a talent.

This feeling is still very good, Liu Mang is also happy, training for two days, reflecting on the shortcomings of his own training for one day, and then if it is a weekend, he will play with Dinah for a day, if Dinah is not on vacation, Alexia is free, so they will make an appointment to eat, go shopping, sometimes or accompany Levia to the supermarket to make big purchases, Alexia often comes to the apartment now, and a lot of things need to be bought, otherwise it will be very troublesome to buy now.

By the way, it's not bad to see how Kidd has been defeated in a row after a blow, the enemy's enemy is a friend, the Hawks' biggest enemy next season is the Nets, and the Lakers' current opponent is also the Nets, so Liu Mang is now a Lakers fan, at least his sentence "Lakers Championship", and the selfie video method of "hooliganism" has become popular, and fans say that he is a Lakers fan.

Liu Mang is very glad that there is no software to modify subtitles for videos and GIFs in these years, and there is no such thing as emojis, otherwise he would have become the king of the first representative love packs.

With a plan, an arrangement, or a sweaty plan and arrangement, refusing to interview on the grounds of injury, and not having much contact with the outside world, Liu Mang trained quietly in this simple and comfortable state, time passed quickly, and in a flash, the eight-day finals came to an end.

Except for the first game, the Lakers broke out because Kidd got 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, which made it difficult for the Lakers to win the game in the end, and the other three games were more than 20 points to brutalize the Nets, playing the most miserable Finals in history, of course, the miserable one was the Nets.

Although O'Neal was also swept by Olajuwon in the finals, it seems that the big score is the same, but the difference between O'Neal's four games is 2 points, 9 points, 3 points, and 12 points, except for the last game, O'Neal and Penny were desperate and abused to lose their fighting spirit, and the others struggled to the end.

Liu Mang watched all four games, and he was free in the summer anyway.

Watching O'Neal win the championship MVP with an average of 36 points, 12 boards, 3 assists and 3 blocks per game, Liu Mang finally breathed a sigh of relief, because Kobe Bryant performed better than O'Neal in the three rounds of the playoffs in the West this year, and there are rumors that Kobe won the championship MVP once.

This made Liu Mang know that O'Neal should be a three-in-a-row FMVP, but he was still a little worried, because Kobe Bryant's average of 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the finals was also good, and the shooting rate was 51 percent.

Fortunately, there was no one in the end, otherwise Liu Mang wouldn't know what this guy should do!

But well, Kobe Bryant doesn't scream, that's still Kobe.

When the reporter interviewed after winning the championship, the reporter asked Kobe what he wanted to say after winning three consecutive championships, and what the reporter wanted to ask was about the championship MVP was not him, and what he wanted to say.

But Kobe's answer was: "Help me tell Ace Liu, we'll see you in the Finals next season!" ”

After winning the championship, Kobe Bryant finally responded to Liu Mang!

Liu Mang was scared when he watched the live broadcast!

! The heat finally came down, the limelight has just passed with the finals, and now not too many people are paying attention, and the master still wants to train quietly and wait for the free market to open to find an agent, and you add fire to the master!

However, Liu Mang still has a sentence to say to the little blacksmith: Next year, the master will go to the finals, you may not be able to come......